- ISBN13: 9780787988623
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Product Description”An inspirational and practical guide for anyone who wants to incorporate the dynamic skills of entrepreneurs into their own lives and work. A new generation of “life entrepreneurs” is emerging: people who apply their vision, talents, creativity, and energy not only to their work but to their entire lives, changing the world for themselves and those around them. In this book, successful entrepreneurs Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek draw on numerous interviews with fifty-five leading entrepreneurs worldwide as well as the wisdom of multiple thought leaders to provide vivid examples, moving vignettes, concrete frameworks, and practical strategies for revving up our work and play through entrepreneurial leadership. This book starts by providing strategies for integrating life, work, and purpose and ends by capturing the implications of the current entrepreneurial boom for our workplaces, learning institutions, communities, and families. Christopher Gergen (Washington, D. C. ) is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, co-founder and chairman of SMARTHINKING, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative at Duke University, and a life-long entrepreneur, Gregg Vanourek (Thornton, CO) is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, former CEO of Vanourek Consulting Solutions, and former Senior Vice President of School Development for K12 Inc. ”
Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives
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Fascinating insight into the lives of successful entrepreneurs. An easy read, you won’t want to put down. If you thought the life of an entrepreneur was out of reach or just about making money, this book shows you it’s not and it may just change your life!
Rating: 5 / 5
I read the book last year while working on my application to the Peace Corps. I am currently serving in Honduras as a senior volunteer. The book was very inspirational and comforting in the same way. I was on my way to totally change everything in my life at the age of 50 and obviously had some doubts. Although the book might be geared to a younger audience, I still found the book to offer life experiences from others that have taken the plunge to try something that they really want to do and feel more comfortable about the risk. Given the current economic situation, it is a wonderful read for those that want a change.
Rating: 5 / 5
Life Entrepreneurship is really unlike any book I have ever read. The content of the book closely resembles a course I took on “Visionary Leadership”, in which the prospect of mapping out your values, purpose, and vision for your life will add great meaning, depth, and “success” in your life. However, the book goes further – challenging the reader to gaze inward to really understand exactly what your values and purpose are. This level of introspection is not for the light-hearted! I cannot recommend the average person read this book. However, if you are one of the few (and lucky) self-actualized individuals out there – this book is very powerful and very thought provoking. My whole concept of success, purpose, and meaning were peeled back like an onion – to the point at which I am literally trying to redefine what is important to me and how I want to live my life. Life Entrepreneurs is more of a compass than a map – it shows you the direction but it is up to you to have the courage to follow through. Most of us take on jobs and responsibilities that we thought we needed in order to live a life that we ended up not wanting in the first place. This book allows the possibility of breaking those chains and living the life you were meant to live. Deeply inspiring, deeply moving – I finished the book only to turn back to page 1 and start again.
I think many of us end of living lives not of our own choosing, but rather the one based upon what circumstances life has given us. If you are walking down the road of life and wondering how you can get back to the dreams and happiness of your youth by reinserting meaning and purpose into life – this is the book for you.
Rating: 5 / 5
Really love this book for the fact that it is applicable and useful to everyone – whether you are just graduating from college deciding “what now?” or mid-life like myself deciding “what’s next?”. Inspirational and practical so not only will you decide to get moving, you will know exactly what you need to do to get started!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book challenges you to live the life you want to live, even if you don’t know it yet. A life without regrets. It instills confidence, inspires and guides you to make a seemingly daunting task very real, within reach. It does not presume to define an extraordinary life, but rather helps us in our efforts to define it for ourselves. The examples within of ordinary people discovering and living their own extraordinary lives are diverse in nature, and bring the book very much down to earth. Gregg and Chris show true understanding of the pressures we all face that influence our life decisions. So most importantly, this book dares and inspires us to reflect on our current life paths, take some chances and live a life that ,above all, is true to ourselves. While never claiming this to be easy, it is certainly possible and so, so very worthwhile. I recommend this book to anyone that needs reminding of that, or simply some motivation and guidance to make it happen.
Rating: 5 / 5